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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Iceland	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	70
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	71
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	71
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	72
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	72
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	72
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	72
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	72
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	72
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	73
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	73
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	73
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	73
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	73
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	73
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	73
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	74
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	74
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	74
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	74
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	75
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	75
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	76
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	76

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.